The Arctic Council and US domestic policymaking

One widely recognized achievement of the Arctic Council and its various working groups has been the production of collectively generated assessments on Arctic problems. Assessment reports such as the Arctic Climate Impact Assessment (ACIA) provide an important baseline of shared knowledge for making...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Rowe, Elana Tovah Wilson, Blakkisrud, Helge
Format: Report
Language:English
Published: NUPI 2019
Subjects:
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11250/2592895
id ftnupi:oai:nupi.brage.unit.no:11250/2592895
record_format openpolar
spelling ftnupi:oai:nupi.brage.unit.no:11250/2592895 2023-05-15T13:01:25+02:00 The Arctic Council and US domestic policymaking Rowe, Elana Tovah Wilson Blakkisrud, Helge 2019-04-02T10:52:47Z application/pdf http://hdl.handle.net/11250/2592895 eng eng NUPI NUPI Policy Brief NUPI Policy Brief;2019-08 http://hdl.handle.net/11250/2592895 cristin:1688013 Navngivelse-Ikkekommersiell-DelPåSammeVilkår 4.0 Internasjonal Navngivelse-Ikkekommersiell 4.0 Internasjonal http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/deed.no CC-BY-NC 4 8 Research report 2019 ftnupi 2022-10-13T05:49:46Z One widely recognized achievement of the Arctic Council and its various working groups has been the production of collectively generated assessments on Arctic problems. Assessment reports such as the Arctic Climate Impact Assessment (ACIA) provide an important baseline of shared knowledge for making collective circumpolar policy recommendations. But how does the knowledge produced through Arctic Council working groups figure into the policymaking of the Arctic states? This is an important question for understanding Arctic politics and the relationship between national decisionmaking and international relations more generally. Much of what the Arctic Council produces is in the form of recommendations, declarations of intent, and commitments to "best practices" in areas of shared interest and activity. While in recent years the Council has produced three binding agreements covering specific functional areas—search and rescue (2011), oil pollution preparedness and response (2013),and science cooperation (2017)—much ongoing Arctic collaborative work falls outside of these areas. This policy brief explores how science/policy outputs of and discussions at the Arctic Council fit into the Arctic political discourse of the USA, with an emphasis on key actors within the executive branch: the White House, the Department of the Interior, and the Environmental Protection Agency. The Arctic Council and US domestic policymaking publishedVersion Report ACIA Arctic Climate Impact Assessment Arctic Council Arctic Norwegian Institute of international affairs: NUPI Research Online (Brage) Arctic
institution Open Polar
collection Norwegian Institute of international affairs: NUPI Research Online (Brage)
op_collection_id ftnupi
language English
description One widely recognized achievement of the Arctic Council and its various working groups has been the production of collectively generated assessments on Arctic problems. Assessment reports such as the Arctic Climate Impact Assessment (ACIA) provide an important baseline of shared knowledge for making collective circumpolar policy recommendations. But how does the knowledge produced through Arctic Council working groups figure into the policymaking of the Arctic states? This is an important question for understanding Arctic politics and the relationship between national decisionmaking and international relations more generally. Much of what the Arctic Council produces is in the form of recommendations, declarations of intent, and commitments to "best practices" in areas of shared interest and activity. While in recent years the Council has produced three binding agreements covering specific functional areas—search and rescue (2011), oil pollution preparedness and response (2013),and science cooperation (2017)—much ongoing Arctic collaborative work falls outside of these areas. This policy brief explores how science/policy outputs of and discussions at the Arctic Council fit into the Arctic political discourse of the USA, with an emphasis on key actors within the executive branch: the White House, the Department of the Interior, and the Environmental Protection Agency. The Arctic Council and US domestic policymaking publishedVersion
format Report
author Rowe, Elana Tovah Wilson
Blakkisrud, Helge
spellingShingle Rowe, Elana Tovah Wilson
Blakkisrud, Helge
The Arctic Council and US domestic policymaking
author_facet Rowe, Elana Tovah Wilson
Blakkisrud, Helge
author_sort Rowe, Elana Tovah Wilson
title The Arctic Council and US domestic policymaking
title_short The Arctic Council and US domestic policymaking
title_full The Arctic Council and US domestic policymaking
title_fullStr The Arctic Council and US domestic policymaking
title_full_unstemmed The Arctic Council and US domestic policymaking
title_sort arctic council and us domestic policymaking
publisher NUPI
publishDate 2019
url http://hdl.handle.net/11250/2592895
geographic Arctic
geographic_facet Arctic
genre ACIA
Arctic Climate Impact Assessment
Arctic Council
Arctic
genre_facet ACIA
Arctic Climate Impact Assessment
Arctic Council
Arctic
op_source 4
8
op_relation NUPI Policy Brief
NUPI Policy Brief;2019-08
http://hdl.handle.net/11250/2592895
cristin:1688013
op_rights Navngivelse-Ikkekommersiell-DelPåSammeVilkår 4.0 Internasjonal
Navngivelse-Ikkekommersiell 4.0 Internasjonal
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/deed.no
op_rightsnorm CC-BY-NC
_version_ 1766273565185802240